Rehabilitation. Conservation. Education.

Prairie Falcon photo: Lydia Ripplinger

Ojai Raptor Center accepts patients to our wildlife hospital seven days a week. Due to the delicate nature of these patients, we are not open to the general public.

Private experience presentations are available in a limited capacity. Click here to learn more.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Education Programs

We offer a variety of of environmental education programs with the help of our non-releasable raptor ambassadors as well as bio facts and slide shows: from live Zooms, to off-site visits, and on-site experiences, we present to classes, clubs, groups, families and friends.

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Biodiversity and Resiliency Zoom Program

This program explores how owls native to California fill different, important ecological niches, how humans can influence changes to their ecosystems, and how biodiversity increases ecosystem resiliency in the face of change…

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Meet the Ambassadors at ORC

During this one hour private experience at the Center in the beautiful valley of Ojai, guests will meet a few of the raptor ambassadors up close on the glove of their trainers, as well as in the Center’s presentation aviary. Guests will learn about each ambassador’s personal story, natural history and captivating facts about their species through live demonstrations of natural behaviors…

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Meet the Ambassadors Zoom Program

Meet our non-releasable raptor ambassadors in a live Zoom to learn about their personal story, their species’ natural history, and have a Q & A with the ORC education team. This program can be booked to meet up to three ambassadors at once or individually...

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Traveling Talons Off Site Program

Have ORC visit your classroom or group for this 60 minute, NGSS aligned lesson that features bio facts, or taxidermy wings, talons, and other specimens, for a fascinating tactile opportunity in inquiry based learning…

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Natural Predators and Rodent Control Zoom Program

This program teaches about pesticides and natural rodent control using exclusion methods and raptors, with Barn owl boxes and hawk perches. This live Zoom presentation features ambassador Barn Owl Willow and is a great resource to help educate local community groups about the dangers of rodenticides and sustainable alternatives. This Zoom can also be a great introduction to a potential scout project…

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Barn Owl with mouse — Raptors & Rodents

Raptors rely on rodents to survive. All rodenticides, or rat poison, pose a threat to raptors and other wildlife. Click below to learn more about safe alternatives to using rodenticides, how to attract raptors for natural rodent control using owl boxes & hawk perches, and find information regarding Barn Owl releases/placements.

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Meet Our Education Ambassadors

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Ash the American Kestrel

Like many of our ambassadors, Ash is incapable of surviving in the wild because he imprinted onto humans instead of his own species, likely from being raised by an unlicensed member of the public.

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Topa the American Kestrel

Topa was hatched in the Spring of 2022 and admitted as a malprint in the Fall. He was likely found as a young chick and illegally raised and released by an unlicensed member of the public. The Ojai Raptor Center goes to great lengths to ensure that any young, “orphaned” raptors admitted to our hospital…

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Topper the Burrowing Owl

Topper was brought to us from another center after he failed to recover from head trauma as a result of a car strike. The trauma left Topper non-releasable, due to balance issues and visual impairment.

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Juniper the Great Horned Owl

Juniper came to ORC in the Spring of 2020, in the beginning of nesting season as a young nestling with both head and eye trauma from a fall from her nest.

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Wonder the Turkey Vulture

Wonder was found freezing and starving in a field in Michigan, due to visual impairment and his inability to thermoregulate because of a pigment disorder. He suffered from frostbite and lost two digits as a result.

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Handsome the Turkey Vulture

Handsome was found as a nestling and was illegally held by a member of the public before being turned over to the Ojai Raptor Center. By the time he arrived he was already malprinted, or too habituated to humans to be released to the wild.

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Willow the Barn Owl

Willow came to us in 2019 after she was illegally raised in captivity by a member of the public, which resulted in her malprinting, or becoming too habituated to humans to be released to the wild.

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Ojai Raptor Center accepts patients to our wildlife hospital seven days a week. Due to the delicate nature of these patients, we are not open to the general public.

Private experience presentations are available in a limited capacity. Click here to learn more.

UPCOMING EVENTS

No upcoming events at this time.

Education Programs

Raptors & Rodents

Meet Our Education Ambassadors

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